Do what you want.

"Waaaaaaaaaaaaahh. An 82  grade in Filipino? Ughhhh!. I hate it!" I mumbled as I walked alone from school. A while ago, our teacher gave us our cards. I am satisfied and contented with my grades except for one subject, Filipino. In our school, the passing grade for minor subjects is 83, and its a great loss if you didn't comply with that grade.

While I'm walking and heading home, I passed by a park. I think of staying and have fun there first before going home because I know that my mom will kill me if she knew that I got a failing grade. Well, not literally, but verbally. (XD).

I sat on the swing thinking of my 82 grade again. I don't know why that thing keeps on bothering me. Maybe because it is my duty to have high grades as a science student, I guess.

Few moments then, I got that strange feeling that someone is staring at me or watching over me. I looked around but I see no one. So I just convinced myself that it was all imagination. I keep on thinking on random things when I noticed a shadow casting before me. I turned around and I saw an old man with a long curly hair.

"You seem to be lonely. I have been following you and I have noticed the sad look on your face." the old man said.

"uhm, excuse me? But my mom said that I should not talk to strangers." I answered him.


the old man chuckled silently. "I am not a stranger. As a science student, I believe you know me." he said smiling.

I stared at the old man and I am beginning to familiarize his face. "Sir Isaac Newton???????!" 

 

"Yes, dear." by that, I started wondering. Am I dreaming? O__o .. I just nod. "Stop wondering why I'm here. But as of now, I want to know the reason why you're sad. What's bothering you child?" he asked me. Is he a mind reader? Well not, because if he really is a mind reader, then he wouldn't need to ask such things.

"I got a failing grade." I answered back.

"Why?? Do you pass projects? Do you study on that subject for surprise quizzes or test?"

"Sometimes, but that subject is the last thing to be studied for me when it's our exam week. And yes, I pass projects, but not on time. I usually have a bunch of minus on my LSBs." I answered. Sir Newton sat on the swing next to me.

"Ah, I see. What is that subject?" he asked.

"Filipino, sir."

"As what I am expecting, a minor subject. You prioritize other subjects that you forgot the minor ones. Yes, major subjects are more important that them but if you failed a minor subject, your grade is affected as a whole." he said. His words hit me.

"Maybe, I'm just to lazy to study." I confessed.

"Child, do you know Albert Einstein?" he asked, changing the topic.


"yes sir! How wouldn't I? He's an influential person and known as the Father of Modern Physics." I said, smiling.

"You're right, child. And he once said that 'nothing happens until something moves'." He said, as he stared at the bright blue sky.


From that line, I remember one Newton's Law of Motion, the law of inertia.

O__O

wait.. It is HIS law!

"So sir, it is like the law of inertia right? because the law states that a body in motion tends to remain in motion and a body at rest tends to remain at rest unless acted upon by a net force." I asked him.


"Exactly, and that is what I want to teach you child. I want you to apply the law of inertia in your life because in this cruel world, we all know that nothing will happen unless you make it happen. So if you want something to happen? Do what you want. Make a move."

 
nothing happen unless you make it happen

nothing happen unless you make it happen

nothing happen unless you make it happen

-Those words kept on running on my mind.


"I want a change. I want to have higher grades than before." I said.


"Then, what move should you do?" Sir Newton asked.


"I need, wait no.. I MUST study harder, pass projects on time, and not to be lazy anymore." I answered him. He stand and started walking away.


"That's the spirit. Just always remember the law of inertia. If you want something to happen, DON'T LET ANYONE OR ANYTHING STOP YOU FROM MAKING IT HAPPEN." he said. I just respond with a nod and a smile. He really is an inspiring person.


I watched him walked away.
Well maybe, just maybe, this is all nothing but a dream.